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Insomnia

An epic thriller from the No.1 bestseller

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By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Eli Wallach
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You'll lose a lot of sleep . . .

Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death.

That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control - dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon . . .

(P)1994 Penguin Highbridge©1994 Stephen King Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary
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I love revisiting Derry, Maine with Stephen King. My all time favourite King novel, "IT" took place there after all. Eli Wallach gives a masterful performance of what is definitely another brilliant story from the mind of Stephen King. Now I don't mind a bit of background dramatic music from time to time in an audio book but in this case the music was not only unecessary but also completely drowned out the narrator's voice in places because of its sound level compared to the sound level of the voice. Anyone who has ever actually read a Stephen King novel ought to know that he needs no background music to scare the pants off his readers. Add to that the fact that the music itself sometimes sounded like the noise a sick cat would make while being strangled and the end result was extremely annoying. However I managed to curb my annoyance and get through to the end but hey, all you audiobook producers out there listen up! You don't need dramatic background music to sell me a Stephen King audiobook. Lose it guys.

Brilliant narrator. Badly mixed music effects.

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this is a great story, reading was excellent. what spoils the whole thing is the random music all the way through. sometimes you can't hear the eords, the music sounds jarring and ugly, if it's meant to increase tension, it didnt work and ruined what could have been great to listen to

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I enjoyed the story and the narration but the music could be abrupt and startling and most times horrible to listen too

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I loved the story. The narrator does a great job. As far as Stephen King works go this would have to be one of my favourites. A beautiful, imaginative story that takes the mind through a journey of so many different levels. However, the shrill violin screeching added throughout the story for dramatic effect makes the listener want to skip through vital parts, if not turn it off altogether.

I didn't come here for music.

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Loved the story, narrator was brilliant, only thing that ruined it was the loud screeching noises between chapters. They were awful

A good read, just watch your volume

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